The Twins and Red Sox went deep into extras in Minnesota, dragging through a 17-inning grind. It ended with Max Kepler delivering the game-winner, his second RBI of the night. Things got heated in the final frame when Sandy León took issue with a bunt attempt by Eddie Rosario. Red Sox manager Alex Cora argued that Rosario was out of the batter’s box when he made contact, which would have made it an automatic out. He pushed the umpires to check, but after a brief chat, they ruled Rosario stayed legal. Replay confirmed it. Left foot in, right foot on the line. Nothing wrong with it.
Right after that argument, Rosario dropped the idea of a bunt and instead ripped a double down the line, moving the lead runner to third. The Sox intentionally walked the next two batters to load the bases, but Kepler made them pay with a hanging curveball he crushed for the walk-off hit. Celebration got weird—Gatorade, sunscreen, bananas.
Cora was fuming postgame and blamed the umps for blowing the call. But after watching the replay just once, he admitted he was wrong and owned up to the mistake. The loss snapped a long, frustrating game for Boston. Minnesota grinded it out and came away with a win thanks to late hitting and surviving a marathon.